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Pegasystems Merges Agile Methodology With Business Process Management

The Only BPM Offering to Bring Proven, Agile Methodology Into Business-Driven Solutions

CAMBRIDGE, MA--(Marketwire - October 27, 2009) - Pegasystems
Inc., (NASDAQ: PEGA), the leader in Business Process Management (BPM)
software solutions, today announced new enhancements to the company's Project
Management Framework (PMF), which enables users of its SmartBPM® solutions to let
business priorities govern and drive best practices in BPM projects, and
facilitate faster time-to-market in rolling out new BPM deployments.

The Pegasystems PMF also adds out-of-the-box support for organizations that
utilize Scrum, agile
development methodology on projects. This capability supports Pegasystems'
BPM methodology to bolster business transformation projects from
requirements through deployment, with tools for directly capturing business
objectives, model-driven architecture, project management and testing,
localization and accessibility, and optimization and health management.

Manages projects small and large, from individual tasks to project
suites -- Handle all the project elements for a managed, successful
project -- from inception to deployment

Project templates provide out-of-the-box support for Scrum and
agile methods on SmartBPM and other projects -- Use agile methods for
faster delivery, feedback and accurate tracking for the entire project

Provides complete reporting on projects, tasks, and work
progress -- Always have an up-to-date view of project status with no
unpleasant surprises

Closes loops with business objectives -- the benefit of using
Scrum methodology in a model-driven environment is that no one needs to
write software code. This also means a seamless environment for real-time
changes, requirements, testing, and deployment

Supporting Quotes:

David Vidoni, Director of Product Management at Pegasystems:

"Our new Project Management Framework provides effective tools to manage
and monitor projects in real-time. Clients are looking for solutions that
match up to the ways in which they work, and our new framework delivers
such capabilities while enabling them to manage all aspects of a project,
from its inception through deployment."

Stephen Zisk, BPM Product Marketing Manager at Pegasystems:

"The Project Management Framework will provide Pegasystems' customers with
a better way to manage SmartBPM and other agile projects for quick
turnaround and a higher demonstrated return on investment. We have seen a
large number of organizations gravitate towards the Scrum methodology, and
as a result we have added support for how clients are working with our
solutions."

David Norton, Research Director at Gartner:

"Agile and iterative principles are no longer the reserve of application
development. Principles of collaboration, short cycles, engaged business,
and empowered teams are just as applicable to BPM as they are to cutting
code. The next generation of agile methods will have greater emphases on
abstraction for process orchestration and services assembly at an
enterprise level."

Pegasystems' suite is complemented by best-practice frameworks designed for
leaders in financial services, insurance, healthcare, government, life
sciences, communications, manufacturing and other industries.

Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, Pegasystems has offices in North America,
Europe and Asia. Visit us at www.pega.com.